São Francisco do Sul is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. It covers an area of 540 km² and had an estimated populati…São Francisco do Sul is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. It covers an area of 540 km² and had an estimated population of 53,746 in 2020. It was founded as a village by the Portuguese in 1658. Despite the date of its foundation, there's a previous record that a famous navigator left Honfleur, Normandy in France by the year of 1503 and arrived at São Francisco do Sul, at the Bay of Babitonga, Jean Binot Paulmier De Gonneville is also recognised by many historians as one of the first, if not the first, Europeans to arrive. It is situated on the northern end of the Island of São Francisco at the entrance to the Babitonga Bay.
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